AI6YR BenI have almost infinite nopal (prickly pear cactus pads) in my garden....which I have been eating nearly every day... curious what's the nutrition content of them. 🤔
(answer, per Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
Next time I slice myself open on something in the garden, will try this... (probably will be tomorrow, lol, or later today)
Per reference on Wikipedia:
"Prior to modern medicine, Native Americans and Mexicans primarily used Opuntia as a coagulant for open wounds, using the pulp of the stem either by splitting the stem or scraping out the pulp"
***is there any health benefit/detriment to regularly scratching/cutting yourself while hiking/gardening? Asking for a friend? 🤪
smells of bikes@ai6yr I tell people that practice makes perfect so I'm going to be fantastic at healing.
Steve's Place@ai6yr Eventually your body becomes entirely scar tissue, and you can terrify children at swimming pools! Other than that, you mean? Um...
Chalk Outline HieroglyphJust rub some dirt on it.
keith
Human 3500@ai6yr
How else are you going to introduce some weird fungus directly into your bloodstream?
How else are you going to introduce some weird fungus directly into your bloodstream?
Muro deGrizecoNot me, but a family member...
Scrape on the calf from a splintery old raised bed in the garden. It was either that or a bug bite while gardening, that led to infection and then sepsis, requiring a stay in the hospital and IV antibiotics.
Not all immune system challenges work out well.
Lenora@murodegrizeco @ai6yr that's why I take a tetanus shot every 10 years
Embarrassing, but one time I was working in the garden with a pitch fork, and when I was done, I unthinkingly stuck it tines down in the soil by my feet...but I missed the soil.
A friend came over about then, and I said,
"Hey, I know we were going to go out to lunch, but instead could you take me to a medical clinic first?"
Antibiotic and a tetanus shot.
@murodegrizeco Ah yes, for sure.
Anne Ominousdunno but
i was reading the other day that having regular contact with the 'soil microbiome' is prolly a good thing
Soil microbiomes and one health - Nature Reviews Microbiology
One health links human, animal and environmental health, and microorganisms have a central role in this connection. In this Review, Banerjee and van der Heijden outline the central role of the soil microbiome for one health and its detrimental or beneficial effects.
Ben AvelingI would argue that the risk, no, certainty of occasional damage that comes from staying active is far less than the certainty of continual damage that results from staying inactive.
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Paul_IPv6@paul_ipv6 This has happened! 😂
Kila@ai6yr I learned about that as a kid and have tried it several times. In my experience it does work for minor wounds.
IBS ThinkDad 🏴☠️@ai6yr
The glochids will make you forget about the scratches if your not careful lol.
The glochids will make you forget about the scratches if your not careful lol.
sadele2Didn’t know that about opuntia & wound healing. Have some growing here in NY, may try it.
But if you have yarrow growing, the leaves (possibly flowers & stems?) have styptic properties & quickly stop bleeding of cuts - at least small ones. Quicker & less messy than dealing with cactus.